Muddy Water . . .

Thursday, February 13, 2025. It's Thor's day . . .Freezing rain and snow below freezing temperatures froze the mailbox yesterday here in TulseyTown. Forecasts indicate sunshine today albeit continued cold with wind chill in the single digits and another hard freeze tonight.

Every thought, every belief, every assumption is either reinforcing a world that feels fixed and predetermined—or revealing a world that is fluid, shaped by your consciousness. Throughout history, both ancient wisdom and modern science have pointed to the same realization: Reality is not something that happens to you. It is something that happens through you.

The world before you is not set in stone—it is waiting for your observation to give it form. So, what are you choosing to see? Because the moment you become aware of this power, the only question that remains is - What reality will you create?

Three gifted creator's birthdays on yesterday's date:

Judy Blume celebrated her 87th birthday. The author of Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret was born in 1938 Elizabeth, New Jersey.

Abraham Lincoln, born in 1809 Hardin County, Kentucky. – Heather Cox Richardson, Letters From An American.

And, on the same day, Charles Darwin was born in 1809 Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.

Evolution has rigged all of us with a negativity bias—a survival-driven habit to scan for what’s wrong and fixate on it. In contemporary society, a pervasive target is our own sense of unworthiness . . .we also fixate on the faults of others. . .While negativity bias is a key part of our survival apparatus, when it dominates our daily life we lose access to the more recently evolved parts of our brain, which contribute to feelings of connection, empathy, and well-being. What can decondition the negativity bias? – Tara Brach at Lion's Roar.

Peter Gabriel is celebrating his 75th birthday today. The British musician and lead singer of the progressive rock band Genesis was born in 1950 Woking, Surrey, England.

The view from Solsbury Hill.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone. – Alan Watts